Candace Williams is a poet and interdisciplinary artist. Their debut full-length poetry collection, I Am the Most Dangerous Thing (Alice James Books, 2023), has received critical acclaim, winning the 2024 Silver Nautilus Book Award and being named a Notable Poetry Book in the 2024 Julia Ward Howe Award (Boston Authors Club). It is also a finalist for multiple awards, including the Audre Lorde Award (Publishing Triangle, 2024), the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize (University of New Hampshire, 2024), and the Housatonic Book Award (Western Connecticut State University, 2024). Candace holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) from Claremont McKenna College and a Master of Arts in Education from Stanford University. Raised in the Pacific Northwest, they discovered love and poetry in Brooklyn, New York, and now live and make art in Providence, Rhode Island.